aka All Dad, the god of magic, ecstasy, war, and humanities consciousness of inner divinity; He brings knowledge, beer, ideas, written word, and inspiration to help. Sometimes. These are ways I personally honor Dad⢠and my personal associations with offerings. If you have something negative to say keep it to yourself, these are personal and work for me.
Do not make a oath you can not keep with him, he takes you word very seriously.
Wear a floppy hat in honor of his floppy hat.
Do research in honor of him. Find a subject youâre passionate about, read books on it, and write notes on it.
Drink meads, wine, stouts, black coffee, and dark teas in honor of him.
Include the runes in your practice or altar, any of them will work. I find he likesÂ
Ansuz, Dagaz, Ehwaz, Ingwaz, Jera, Lagaz, Othala, and Wunjo the most from me.
Give him thanks on Wednesday(Odinâs Day).
Take the time to learn a piece of the local folklore whenever you travel somewhere new.
Practice thinking before you speak and think your actions through before you do them.
Decorate your altar and home in ravens, wolves, runes, and books.
Stay up to date with world news, be informed about whatâs going on in your country and others.
Acts of courage in battle(any type of battles) can be dedicated to him.
Light incense or candles of opium, cedar, wine, sandalwood, dragonâs blood, and nag champa.
Learn the Elder Futhark Runes. What Odin did for them, what they are, and then create youâre own if youâre able.
Be courageous in honor of him.
Donât be an alt-right piece of shit, donât stand for any of that Nazi bullshit. Naziâs donât get into Valhalla.
Use the crystals amethyst, snowflake obsidian, any jasper, and fluorite.
Whenever you are approached by a raven say your good morning and gratitude to them.
Stand up for those in need and for what is right.Â
Always seek to be better, wiser.
Donât associate him as this omnipotent deity. Odin bleeds and breaths just like you and I.
He also likes memes just like you and I. Not everything has to be serious with
infographic on norse mythology weapons done for class! itâs a pretty big file so tumblr is probably going to trash the quality so click for full quality :^)
Yes, or at least I very much consider them gods. Theyâre a âdifferent peopleâ from Asgardâs gods and thus live on a further stretch of land, and also different from the rarely mentioned Vanaheim. Many of them still marry the other gods, have been their parents, or share equal powers over human life and the environment with other gods.
JĂśtuns are also the foes of the other gods. Many old myths tell stories of culture fighting against natural troubles, because thatâs a very important problem for many human societies. I think thatâs exactly why the giants (jĂśtun, hrimĂžurs) can seem like theyâre âworseâ or âmonstersâ in some stories.
Itâs not that theyâre not gods or goddesses, itâs just that theyâre beyond the control of humans and other gods.
A goddess of good crops and farm soil, like Sif, feels like a somewhat âregular personâ if you think about a viking age home and life. Thatâs a familiar thing and a thing people can affect with their own work – whether tending to the land or offering to the gods, usually both. Compare Sif with RĂĄn, the personification of ocean waves that drown people, whoâs a giantess and the wife of sea god/giant Ăgir. You can offer to her, sure, and you might want to do that too and only sail on a day the sea and sky look clear. But really thereâs nothing you personally could do to control the sea and the ocean.
Asa-goddess Sif can get angry too, and youâd be famished for the winter if you didnât get a good crop from your field when autumn comes. But RĂĄn would murder you on the spot if she felt like it, and steal all your belongings to the deep with her too.
Back in 2012 someone posted a photo of an offering they made to Loki and it was a little premade spongecake. And polytheist Tumblr was in an uproar about it because âthatâs not an adequate offering to Lokiâ and some other bullshit. But it sparked a discussion about gatekeeping in the polytheist communities, how canon lore goes deeper than the gakekeepers think it does, and fuck it- theyâre your gods, honor them how YOU want to!Â
So some people use the day to honor Loki, but I use the day to honor my deities in ways that are completely appropriate, but to an outside perspective may look silly or amateurish.Â
Such as:
 Or bumming a cigarette off a co-worker to make this in the parking lot of a Babyâs R Us to make this:
Itâs gonna be a little harder now that I work in a place that has significant security, but I am not above making offerings to the gods by the dumpster behind Hallmark.Â
Sigyn and Loki pins with enameling that got reserved before I listed them, but I will probably make more. đ Sigyn: âLove yourself as you love others.â Loki: âWithout chaos there is no creation.â
may the bridges I burn light the way 